Prokop Valley () is a recreational area in southwestern
Prague
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, located in the districts of
Barrandov,
Holyně,
Řeporyje
Řeporyje is a cadastral area of Prague. Most of it belongs to the municipal district of Prague-Řeporyje, the rest belonging to Prague 13. Řeporyje became part of Prague in 1974, before which it was recorded as a market town.
The district is s ...
,
Stodůlky and
Hlubočepy
Hlubočepy () is a cadastral district of Prague, Czech Republic. In 2021 it had 23,461 inhabitants.
In this cadastral district lies a neighbourhood called '' Barrandov'' which is famous for its film studios (Barrandov Studios
Barrandov Studi ...
. It encompasses two streams, Dalejský potok and Prokopský potok, the latter of which is surrounded by a valley, despite the fact that it is much shorter. The area includes a
natural reserve
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which encompasses a far wider area than the valley.
In the valley there was once a limy open-cast mine, therefore a lake and a cave cropped up. The first attempts to gain
lime were in the year 1860.
/ref> The territory is equipped with benches.
Illustrations
File:PR Prokopské údolí.jpg, Prokop valley nature reserve
File:Praha, Hlubočepy, Prokopské údolí IV.JPG, The valley
File:Prokopské jezírko (3).jpg, A lake that tourists like
File:Hlubočepské viadukty, JV, od zdravotního střediska.jpg, Viaduct on the Prague Semmering railway line
;Panorama
A view over all the surroundings, through the Vltava river
The Vltava ( , ; ) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, a left tributary of the Elbe River. It runs southeast along the Bohemian Forest and then north across Bohemia, through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague. It is common ...
to Vyšehrad
Vyšehrad (German: ''Wyschehrad,'' ''Prager Hochburg'', English: "upper castle") is a historic fort in Prague, Czech Republic, just over 3 km southeast of Prague Castle, on the east bank of the Vltava River. It was probably built in the 1 ...
, which be seen far away to the left
References
External links
58 - Přírodní rezervace Prokopské údolí
information about the natural reserve.
Geography of Prague
Nature reserves in the Czech Republic
1978 establishments in Czechoslovakia
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